Fifth Mediterranean Gem and Jewellery Conference
set to take place in Cyprus in May

Organizers of the Fifth Mediterranean Gem and
Jewellery Conference (MGJC) are putting the final
touches to the event which this year takes place from
May 17-19 in Limassol, Cyprus.

This year's conference follows the success of the four previous
Conferences which took place in Greece 2015, in Spain in 2016,
in Italy in 2017 and in Montenegro last year. The 5th annual
MGJ Conference is organized by CGL-GRS (Canada) and IGL
(Greece) and sponsored/supported by DANAT lab (Bahrain),
Octonus (Finland), HRD Antwerp (Belgium), Swarovski
(Austria), Gemetrix (Australia) Jewellery Appraises of the
World (UK), Cyprus Gemological Lab (Cyprus) and NAJA
(USA).

Branko Deljanin (CGL-GRS, Canada) and George Spyromilios (IGL, Greece), founders of the
MGJ Conference, presenting Advanced Diamond Certificates to NAJA appraisers from the
USA at the 2nd Conference in Spain 2016.

The New Jeweller group's Vice President for International
Business, Albert Robinson, a long-time
industry journalist, will be covering the event.

"Our MGJ Conference has positioned itself as
a bridge between many business and
appraising events and highly scientific
conferences," explains Branko Deljanin
President and Head Gemologist, CGL-GRS
Swiss Canadian Gemlab Inc. "It is a ‘tradetechnical’
conference that covers and disusses
current trade problems and offers solutions
through workshops with standard and
advanced affordable instruments. The
participants came from 25 countries in 2018
in Montenegro, from a range of fields notably;
gemmologists, jewellers, retailers, gem labs,
appraisers, dealers, manufacturers, and
mining companies.

"Our workshops are almost sold out so I
would definitely advise people wanting to
take part to register as soon as possible. We
are going to have a fantastic Conference Day
on May 18 so I highly recommend that
interested individuals register as soon as
possible at: www.gemconference.com.

“The mission of the MGJC events is to
educate and to help people understand the
properties of diamonds, gems and jewellery,
in addition to providing members of the
industry with networking opportunities and
information that is essential in the creation of
a sustainable business," Deljanin added.